It’s taken years, with lots of starts and stops, and the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit line in the North Bay is continuing its expansion northward.
But in 2008, when transit officials were looking to sell the idea of the SMART train, they promised a bicycle and pedestrian pathway running alongside the rails. They’re still working to fulfill that promise, but now it looks like SMART may not actually own the land they built it on.
“I enjoy this path, coming from Petaluma,” said David Ellis. “I don’t have to take side roads or anything like that. It’s more safe.”…